Page 1 of 5 Indiatimes The Times of India The Economic Times More ADVERTISEMENT Kochi Home City India World Business Tech Sports Entertainment Life & Style Women Hot on the Web NRI El Mumbai Delhi Bangalore Hyderabad Chennai Ahmedabad Allahabad Bhubaneswar Bhopal Chandigarh Coimba Kolkata Kochi Kozhikode Lucknow Ludhiana Madurai Mangalore Mysore Nagpur Nashik New! Noida Patna P Vadodara You are here: Home» City» Kochi New bridges will ease traffic snarls TNN Feb 3, 2012, 07.10AM IST Home Loan at Lowest EMI : HDFCInstantHomeLoans.com - Instant Home Loan from HDFC. Apply & Get E- Approved In Minutes. Ads by Go Article Varanasi Comments Read More: Traffic Snarls National Highway 17 Edappally Railway Crossing SHARE AND DISCUSS Recommend 0 0 KOCHI: If you have been one of the thousands of travel-weary commuters who were always caught in the perpetual traffic jams at Thevara Junction and Edappally railway crossing, you can now heave a sigh of relief. Two bridges on these roads, that are to be inaugurated on Saturday, will save you hours of commuting time. The bridges will be inaugurated by defence minister A K Antony and chief minister Oommen Chandy. The Venduruthy Vikrant Bridge will help improve connectivity between the city and places like Fort Kochi, Mattancherry, Thoppumpady, Edakochi and Willington Island in West Kochi, serving the needs of about 2.5 lakh West Kochi residents. The Edappally (ROB) will decongest traffic on National Highway 17 (NH17), which connects the city with suburb northern Paravur and beyond It will facilitate movement of more than 20,000 vehicles per day. "Traffic snarls are a regular feature on the old Venduruthy Bridge which withstood the impact of being rammed by dredgers. During peak hours the new bridge will save you up to 30 minutes," said Eapen Kalapurackal, secretary, Cochin Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Page 2 of 5 At present, commuters are using the bridge built by the British in the late 1930s. The new bridge has been named Venduruthy Vikrant, after India's first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, following a request made by the Indian Navy which helped the Kerala Road Fund Board in completing the project. Meanwhile, Edappally ROB, a project that was sanctioned in 2004, will ease traffic on the busy NH17. The frequent movement of trains had turned the Edappally railway crossing into a traffic nightmare with vehicles stalled for hours together near the crossing. "There are times when ambulances get blocked here. There have also been instances when patients were taken out from the ambulance on a stretcher and taken to the hospital. A patient was knocked down and killed by the train while trying to cross the railway line. This ROB will prevent such incidents," said Dr Prem Nair, medical director, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS). Home Loan at Lowest EMI - Instant Home Loan from HDFC. Apply & Get E-Approved In Minutes. : HDFCInstantHomeLoans.com 4 BHK Villa in Kakkanad - Traditional Kerala Architecture w/ All Modernities. Book Yours Today! : kenthomes.in/best-in-kochi Ads by G Do you like this story? Post a Comm Like Send Sign Up to see what your friends like. Follow this to 258K followers City lacks palliative care for dementia patients Blast from the past: The duo who stole our hearts RELATED COVERAGE Articles Deepika working to improve her unsatisf... Western Railway record first win in Mum... All Harbour line trains to get 12 coach... A land of mud-and-stone houses Has Kerala sounded time on KC Lekha?
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